Distracted

SPOILER WARNING: Not so fast! This article contains major spoilers for the film Bullet Train. If you haven’t seen the film, proceed with caution!Full of profane British sass and creative violence that rivals one of Guy Ritchie's action films, Bullet Train seemingly has plenty of potential points of distraction for those who worked on the film. As far as one of the film’s stars Brian Tyree Henry goes, though, it was his co-star Brad Pitt who was the source of one hilarious distraction, and it wasn’t that skirt he wore to…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday that "Tesla is on my mind 24/7," trying to soothe investor worries about him being distracted by a Twitter deal that has depressed stocks at the electric car company.Posting a picture showing a woman (Tesla) who is upset by her boyfriend (Elon) checking out another woman (Twitter), he said, "So may seem like below, but not true.""To be clear, I'm spending <5 percent (but actually) of my time on the Twitter acquisition. It ain't rocket science!" he tweeted."Yesterday was Giga Texas,…

One of the best ways to catch someone in a lie is to try and distract them while they're not telling you the whole truth, a new study reveals.It seems that the extra cognitive effort required to construct a lie and do something else at the same time means the falsehood doesn't stand up quite so well.  There are some caveats though – for example, the secondary task needs to be seen as important by the lying person or they'll be able to prioritize the lie over whatever else it is that they're supposed to be doing.The…